Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Rd, UBC, Point Grey campus
Graduate Pathways to Success and Mitacs Step
Friday, 2 October 2015 – 9:00am to 4:30pm
Please note this is a 2-day workshop, scheduled for Friday, October 2 and the following Monday, October 5.
* This session is being offered in collaboration with the MITACS Step program. Mitacs Step offers a holistic, inter-disciplinary approach to professional skills development. The workshops that are offered provide practical tools in business, communications, and project management through experiential learning from industry professionals in an interactive environment, arming graduate students for success within or beyond academia.
Workshop Objectives
Expand your knowledge of the necessary editorial, grammatical and structural conventions to create quality, impactful writing.
Learning Outcomes
You will learn to:
Analyze your audience and tailor your writing to them
Identify the components of a technical report
Make effective use of writing and editing techniques
Use graphics effectively
Key Topics
The Writing Process
Audience analysis
Purpose, tone and genres
Document organization
Using standard forms (i.e., theses, journal papers, poster presentations)
Persuasive, informative writing techniques
Components of technical reports (i.e., abstract, introduction, results, conclusion)
Staying motivated and dealing with procrastination
Grammar and Editing
Principles of punctuation
Ordering sentences and ideas
Sentence clarity (i.e., avoiding general language, vague subjects, noun strings and prepositional phrases)
Facilitator: Michael Sjoerdsma has taught in the School of Engineering Science at SFU since September 2003. He teaches a number of courses encompassing various aspects of technical communication. Because of his technical training as an engineer, Michael has firsthand knowledge of the requirements needed for effectively communicating technical material. Michael has taught technical writing for the Management Skills and Advanced Technology program. He also provides writing and editing services for graduate students, professors, and private companies. Michael is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and several other professional associations.
Refreshments: Beverages and light lunch will be provided. Please bring your own mug.
Please note this is a 2-day workshop, scheduled for Friday, October 2 and the following Monday, October 5. Participants must commit to attending both days. Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from all BC post-secondary institutions will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.NO SHOW FEE: This is one of our most popular workshops and we must run a full session of 24 students. No shows are costly for our program and, most importantly, leave students on the waiting list. Students who register and do not show up will be charged a $25 no show fee. To avoid this fee, please cancel at least 48h in advance by e-mailing graduate.pathways@ubc.ca. This will allow us to add someone from the waiting list and run a full session. If we are able to fill your spot from the waiting list, you will not be charged.If you are non-UBC student and would like to register, please send an email to: lina.yu@ubc.ca or graduate.pathways@ubc.ca. For UBC students, please note the workshop registration form will appear at the bottom of the event page. If you do not receive a registration confirmation or waitlist e-mail from lina.yu@ubc.ca or graduate.pathways@ubc.ca within 2 working days of registering we recommend e-mailing us to follow up as this indicates we have not received your registration submission.
